4 September 1910 in
Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland[registered in
Tynemouth, September 2010].

Census Notes

According to the 1911
census, Erringtron was the youngest of two children to Errington and
Elizabeth. They live at 48 Sidney Road in Tranmere, Birkenhead. His father
was a rivetter.

Married

to Ethel
Pairman[registered in Derby, Derbyshire, March 1931].

Died

July 1984
in Fulham, aged
73 years x days[registered in Fulham, July 1984].

Height/Weight

5'
8", 10st.
6lbs [1937].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com

Club Career

Club(s)

Played schoolboy
football in Newcastle before playing with Nun's Moor FC of the Northern
Amateur League. Joined Newcastle Swifts FC in 1926 and Newcastle United FC
in September 1937. Played only once in the League, 18 October
1930, against Derby County FC. He soon joined County in December
1930 in a swap deal involving Harry Bedford,
and played in 219 league appearances, scoring four times. Joined
Chelmsford City FC in May 1938 and onto Hereford United FC in July 1939 as
player-manager. Joined Leeds United AFC in December 1945 and Bacup Borough
in July 1946.

Club honours

None

Individual honours

Football League
(one appearance)

Distinctions

None

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

Managerial Career

Club(s)

Keen was player-manager of Hereford United FC between 1939 and
1940. Keen managed Egypt between 1947 and 1948, and was in charge at the
1948 Summer Olympics. He later managed IFK Norrkøping and Beşiktaş
between 1949 and 1950.

Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation.